The Christmas Eve asteroid was only spotted on December 12 as NASA and the European Space Agency's (ESA) planetary defence systems noticed its approach. After calculating its orbit, the agencies ...

A massive 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph. According to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard, asteroid 2024 XN1 should pass by harmlessly at a ...

With Christmas Eve just around the corner, many children might be hoping to spot Santa flying overhead. But NASA has now warned that reindeer won't be the only things soaring above Earth in the ...

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch could be on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in seven years. Scientists say the enormous space rock is between 40 ...

NASA has warned of a gigantic asteroid that will pass close to Earth on Christmas Eve 2024. The enormous rock will pass within 4.48 million miles (7.21 million kilometers) of Earth, and while this ...

An asteroid the size of nine reindeer is set to pass over the Earth on Wednesday, Christmas, in what is set to be a relatively close holiday flyby, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.

NASA has issued a warning about a colossal Christmas Eve asteroid due to make a close encounter with Earth tonight. The celestial body, comparable in size to a ten-story building, is expected to ...

The asteroid, discovered just after Christmas and named 2024 YR4, could strike the planet in December of 2032, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. South polar region of the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be between ... It was first reported on Jan. 27, 2025, after it came closer to Earth on Christmas and was spotted by a telescope in Chile that is part of a ...

A massive 'Christmas Eve asteroid' the size of a 10-story building will skim past Earth at 14,743mph. According to NASA's Asteroid Watch dashboard, asteroid 2024 XN1 should pass by harmlessly at a ...